Sea+Level

__Causes of sea level rising __ Just like air, water expands when the temperature gets warmer. As the globes temperature is rising, the ocean is slowly expanding. This is called [|Thermal Expansion].

Another factor is the melting of the ice off of Greenland and Antarctica. If these countries' ice caps melted right now this is how much the ocean would rise. Greenland: 5 meters West Antarctic: 7 meters East Antarctic: 55 meters

The melting of sea ice in the Arctic DO NOT directly impact the rising of the sea level due to the fact that the ice is already in the water, which creates displacement in the ocean.

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New York City Sea Level Rise - http://www.climateatlas.org/nycslr.html

There isn't just a threat for the future flooding of New York City, the sea level rise also makes NYC more vulnerable to tropic winter storm surges and hurricanes.